[p2p-research] The link between poverty, (de)centralisation and (non)connectivity

[Samuel Rose]

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 3:40 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> as someone alerted me in facebook, poverty is relative to wants and needs, so the statement, we all started from poverty, is problematic (read the original affluent society by marshall sahlins)
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> also contradictory is that, if we all started everywhere in poverty, it was in fact for most of the time a decentralized poverty, so that seems contradictory,
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> nevertheless, at this historical conjuncture, I do agree that this is precisely what we need to focus on, without of course, making it a fetish,
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> Michel
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I wonder what Quadir means by: "Poverty is the natural beginning state
of all societies, east or west."

In general I can agree with the criticism that it is not a "natural
beginning state". Yet, I wonder where this is sourced from. It would
be good to see it in context to be sure this is what Quadir actually
meant.

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